Our private Idaho
Source: Idaho State Rep. Heather Scott on X — Big win for Idaho Citizens as Senate Bill 1299 gets signed into law. No forced digital…
freespeechnewsMay 2, 2026
Why child protection = surveillance
Source: Taylor Lorenz on X — People don't realize this type of "age verification" is de facto ID verification and "banning kids under 16" from…
freespeechnewsApril 11, 2026
San Francisco Once Led the Fight Against Police Surveillance. Now It’s a Laboratory For It.
Source: The San Francisco Standard — So, getting to high crime leads to high surveillance and public approval for continued surveillance. Between 2024 and 2025,…
freespeechnewsApril 7, 2026
Trump Wants You In a Massive, Secret Government Database, Fully Searchable by AI
Source: Freedom of the Press Foundation on X — Is this what you voted for? Once built, it's unlikely any administration could resist the urge…
freespeechnewsApril 6, 2026
Washington has No Right to Monitor Americans’ Transactions
Source: Rep. Warren Davidson on X — Only Congress can authorize a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). They said they cannot build a CBDC without…
freespeechnewsApril 5, 2026
America’s Newest Digital ID Proposal Just Dropped in the US Senate
Source: Julie Barrett on X — "Duty of Care" sounds good, but this will undoubtedly become a mechanism for regulating speech and requiring identity-linked controls.…
freespeechnewsMarch 29, 2026
FBI is Buying Location Data to Track US Citizens, Director Confirms
Source: TechCrunch — The FBI has resumed purchasing reams of Americans’ data and location histories to aid federal investigations, the agency’s director, Kash Patel, testified…
freespeechnewsMarch 27, 2026
Section 702 Up for Renewal + SAVE ACT
Source: Reclaim the Net — The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, was created to let the US government collect intelligence on foreigners. In theory,…
freespeechnewsMarch 25, 2026
Brazil “Age Verification”
Source: Reclaim the Net — Brazil built a national age verification system, called it child protection, and buried the surveillance infrastructure in the footnotes. Every…
freespeechnewsMarch 23, 2026
President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America is Patriot Act 2.0
Source: Natali Morris on X — When the government starts defining threats by “propaganda,” “influence,” and “cultural subversion,” it is not just targeting hackers. It…
freespeechnewsMarch 14, 2026